Natural gas development has exploded across the United States thanks to non-existent regulations, political support and a nod of approval from the Obama administration. But are the economic and environmental challenges associated with relying on natural gas and other underground fossil fuels deposits being sourced in seemingly every corner of the country as America’s future [...]
OBAMA CARE LIVES! (BUT FOR HOW LONG?). (Yahoo News) The Supreme Court delivers its long-awaited verdict on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. In a 5-4 decision, conservative Chief Justice Roberts joins the “liberal” members of the Court in upholding virtually all of the law, including the controversial “individual mandate” to require everyone to [...]
MASSA’S IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND—BUT THE LEGACY OF WHITE SLAVEOWNER DOMINANCE LIVES ON IN ATLANTA. (Black Agenda Report) Bruce Dixon so describes the situation there, as a nuclear and “clean coal” developing outfit, Southern Companies, will hold a downtown celebration next month of its supposed civic virtues, including the showing of a corporate-friendly film [...]
` SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS “CITIZENS UNITED” RULING BY REMINDING MONTANA THAT “CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO.” (The Nation) ` Lost in the excitement over the ruling the gutted three-quarters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law was the Supreme Court’s resounding 5-4 decision to strike down the state of Montana’s ban on corporate contributions in state and local elections. Montana’s regulations had [...]
Most eyes were watching the United States Supreme Court on Monday in anticipation of a potentially historic ruling on President Obama’s health care reform law. Instead, the justices delayed a ruling on the “Affordable Care Act” until later in the week while issuing a more surprising — and complicated — decision regarding Arizona’s controversial immigration [...]
HO HUM IN RIO: ANOTHER FAILED WORLD SUMMIT ON “SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES.” (Counterpunch) This is Alexander Cockburn’s assessment of the just-completed conference in Rio de Janiero. Like over-hypped conferences before it, this one degenerated into the most toothless resolutions of “resolve” of the conferees to work toward that goal, without any actual agreements to work in [...]
MIGRATION: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GO WITH THE FLOW? (Culturestrike) The Earth Summit Rio + 20 has involved some intelligent discussion about migration not as a crime or as something to be “controlled,” but as the natural result of changes on earth, especially environmental ones. Michelle Chen embraces this “ecological” view of migration, treating [...]
The most generous contributors to Mitt Romney’s campaign will be rewarded with a lavish retreat at a “posh” Utah resort this weekend where they will rub elbows with some of the biggest names in conservative politics, meet the men on Romney’s short list for running mate, be given direct access to the candidate and help [...]
THE BIGGEST CORPORATE CORRUPTION CASE YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD ABOUT. (Reader Supported News) Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone reports at length on the trial in New York City of three executives of GE Capital, the financial arm of General Electric. The case against them has all the earmarks of a Wall Street version of the [...]
THE BEASTS OF AFRICA—AND THE KEEPERS WHO FEED THEM. (Black Agenda Report) A White House paper called “U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” captures the attention of Glen Ford. The paper is yet another of President Obama’s platitudinous pronouncements of the high ideals of democracy and development for a continent racked by military dictatorships and poverty. [...]
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